78 Rhodora [APRIL 
In the mountains of northern Georgia, western North Carolina, 
South Carolina, southern Tennessee, and northern Alabama. The 
following are representative. SovurH CAROLINA: Mellichamp, no. 
14 (M), and Bluffton, 1872 (M). Grorata: A. W. Chapman, Rome 
(M); (M) nos. 109124, 109125, 788591 and 109485. Norru CAROLINA: 
T. G. Harbison, Highlands, July 20, 1904. TENNESSEE: J. R. Church- 
all, Chattanooga, May 21, 1911; J. F. James, Spring City, June 11, 
1883. ALABAMA: H. Eggert, Springville, July 7, 1898; S. Watson, 
Queensboro, 1857. 
20. S. VERSICOLOR Nutt. Fic.9. Erect, glandular-hairy, especially 
in the inflorescence, which is commonly branched, 2-8 dm. high: 
leaves broad, cordate, rugose, crenate, 3-12 cm. long, long-petioled: 
corolla 1.7-2.5 cm. long, slender up to the throat, ampliate at the lips, 
blue to purple at the limb, but whitish on the tube: nutlets buff 
to orange in color, the processes tuberculate-conical.—Gen. ii. 38 
(1818). ? S. cordifolia Muhl., Cat. 56 (1813), nomen subnudum. 
S. cordifolia var. pilosissima Mack. & Bush, Trans. Acad. Sei. St. 
Louis, xii. 84 (1902), in part.—Wisconsin and Iowa to Louisiana and 
eastward to North Carolina. "The following are representative. 
Wisconsin: T. J. Hale, Maiden Rock, 1861 (M); Lapham (P). 
Iowa: A. S. Hitchcock, Iowa City, 1888; C. R. Ball, no. 1588 (M). 
Iuurnots: F. C. Gates, no. 10828 (M); O. E. Lansing, no. 62; H. C. 
Skeels, no. 388; E. E. Sherff, no. 320; H. A. Gleason, no. 1842. 
Missovmr: B. F. Bush, nos. 5851, 725 (M). ARKANSAS: no. 5912 
(M). LovisraNa: Dr. Carpenter, Jackson, June; E. J. Palmer, no. 
7601. Mississippi: S. M. Tracy, no. 4896. KENTUCKY: S. F. Price, 
Bowling Green. TENNESSEE: E. J. Palmer, no. 17640 (M). Onto: 
E. L. Moseley, Margaretta, June 6, 1895.. VIRGINIA: A. H. Curtiss, 
Peaks of Otter, August 6, 1871. MARYLAND: W. E. A. Aitkin, 
Harper's Ferry. Norra CAROLINA: R. Thaxter, Cullowhee, June 15- 
July 15, 1887; C. S. Williamson, Weldon, August, 1892 (P). Grades 
gradually into 
Var. BRACTEATA Benth. This form as found in Texas is very 
distinct, with floral bracts showy and much exceeding the combined 
length of pedicel and calyx. The leaves of the stem gradually merge 
into the bracts.—Lab. Gen. et Sp. 433 (1832-1836). S. cordifolia 
var. pilosissima Mack. & Bush, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, xii. 84 
(1902), in part. Lindheimer’s no. 492, J. Reverchon's nos. 769 and 253, 
and C. Wright's no. 476 are typical. It is probable also that certain 
plants from Arkansas and Missouri should be referred here, but one 
hardly knows where to stop. 
Var. MINOR Chapm. Very similar to typical S. versicolor, having 
its diminutive size but with much smaller ovate, rugose leaves.— 
Fl. So. U. S. 323 (1860). S. rugosa Wood, Cl. Bk. 246 (1848).! 
In his earliest description Chapman allocates this form to the 
"dry woods near Washington, Wilkes County, Ga.," and later he 
merely states "upper districts." The plants which seem most logi- 
1 In later editions of his Class Book, Wood reduces his S. rugosa to S. saratilis. 
